Bang bang——!

"Huaimin, Huaimin, hey, hey, hey, is Yuan Huaimin sleeping?"

Bang bang bang——!

Ouyang Rong knocked on the door in the middle of the night and shouted with concern.

There was silence in the courtyard for a while. After a while, there was a "dong" sound, and someone in the room in the courtyard seemed to fall out of bed.

Immediately afterwards, there was a "squeak" sound, and the door inside should have been pushed open, and there was also a burst of hurried footsteps, getting closer and closer to the courtyard door.

Ouyang Rong, who was holding the piano at the door, looked pleased and waited for Brother Huaimin to open the door.

The footsteps in the yard suddenly faded away.

"Squeak——!"

The door closed, and there was even a sound of being re-locked.

Someone returned to bed again.

Ouyang Rong:......??

"Yuan Huaimin, Yuan Huaimin, hey! I know you haven't slept, why did you run back halfway? Open the door, open the door quickly."

"Sleeping." The person in the room turned over.

Ouyang Rong said with a straight face: "If you don't open, I will go in."

"I really fell asleep, but I was woken up by the noise... If you leave now, I will fall asleep soon..."

Before Yuan Huaimin finished complaining and mumbling, he heard a "bang" and the sound of the courtyard door being kicked open from the outside.

He closed his eyes and tried to sleep, but his eyelids twitched.

"Hey, you didn't lock the door. Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Ouyang Rong nodded with satisfaction. After entering the yard, he put down the piano case and walked around.

He didn't even enter the locked master bedroom and ran to the kitchen.

Yuan Huaimin buried his head in the quilt and covered his ears, but the sound of thunder and clattering of pots and pans could be heard outside.

I couldn't bear it anymore, so I got out of bed, walked barefoot, and opened the door.

"Brother Lianghan, what do you want to do?" he asked with a sad look on his face.

"Borrow the kitchen and make some food to go with the wine. It's okay. You can sleep in your bed. We won't waste any time. Just pretend that I don't exist..."

"Hey, your yard is nice. It has its own kitchen. The shabby yard where I lived before was too small. Even the mice couldn't live in it. They had to eat fast.

"As expected of Jiangzhou Governor, this new accommodation is good, but Brother Huaimin is now prosperous and has forgotten about his old friend.

"This time I just didn't open the door. Next time I come to the door, I don't know if the two strong men who opened the door will just lift me up and throw me into the lake..."

Ouyang Rong rolled up his sleeves, lit a fire in the stove, shook his head and said with emotion.

Yuan Huaimin's eyelids jumped when he heard this, and he said helplessly:

"Brother Lianghan is joking. How can I sleep with your movements?"

"That's because I'm not sleepy enough. It turns out that brother Huaimin is also a night owl and hasn't slept yet. Come, come, come. I'm going to watch the fireworks and drink tonight. I won't come back until I'm drunk."

Ouyang Rong walked out of the kitchen carrying two pots of rice wine and smiled at him.

Yuan Huaimin shook his head helplessly and nodded again.

"The yard hasn't been tidied up very much, so it's not convenient." He said sheepishly.

"It's okay, there's no need for it, let's go out for a walk."

"Where to go shopping?"

"Xingzi Lake, isn't there a pavilion in the middle of the lake? Let's go."

"Okay, I...change my clothes."

Yuan Huaimin turned back to look through his clothes, but Ouyang Rong followed him in quickly.

"Brother Lianghan, what are you doing here? There's nothing good in my master bedroom... There's really nothing."

"Do you think I'm the same as you and like to give in to other people's things? Come in and put the piano case away."

"Brother Lianghan doesn't play, why should he bring the piano?" He was speechless.

"I'm happy, but I don't want to play anymore, can't I? You don't have to play the piano, but you must bring it with you. This is called the demeanor of a celebrity. Brother Huaimin, when you go out, you have given your identity to yourself."

"..."

Yuan Huaimin changed his tattoo and immediately said with emotion: "The position of Jiangzhou Sima is really magical. Brother Lianghan has taken the post, and the changes have been huge. Fortunately, I quit early. In fact, it is not that I am lazy. I am the Jiangzhou Sima."

That’s right.”

Ouyang Rong was too lazy to pay attention to him. After putting down the piano case, he looked around.

"Do you have a hairpin?"

"What do you want to do?"

"use."

Ouyang Rong spoke concisely and concisely. He opened his closet and took out an ordinary jade hairpin. Moving to the bronze mirror, he took out the ice-white jade hairpin on top of his head and inserted this ordinary jade hairpin instead.

Yuan Huaimin stepped forward with a swish and reached out to grab the ice-white jade hairpin that Ouyang Rong had taken off.

"Okay, okay, you can use it as you like, whichever one you like, I'll give it to Brother Lianghan. Hey, Brother Lianghan is so polite, why do you give me such a good one as a gift..."

The next moment, he caught something empty.

Ouyang Rong turned over his hand and put away the ice-white jade hairpin, and glanced at him:

"Brother Huaimin has such a beautiful idea."

"If it's not for me, why would you change it?"

"It's tinkling, but it's just too noisy. I didn't say I'd give it to you. Take it! Don't touch it." Ouyang Rong pointed at Yuan Huaimin's outstretched palm.

"It's not a gift, it's a loan," Yuan Huaimin emphasized.

"Borrowing is just a lie to your friends."

"..."

The two of them talked to each other and quarreled throughout the whole process. After packing up, they went out together.

Not far outside the courtyard gate, the coachman Ali jumped out of the carriage, stepped forward to take the wine bottles and appetizers from their hands, and followed Ouyang Rong and Yuan Huaimin obediently.

The three of them went to the Huxin Pavilion of Xingzi Lake to drink and watch the fireworks.

…

Bei Tian Alms Home.

A group of disabled people, old and young, looked at the fireworks in the distance.

In the southwest corner of the yard, a slender girl was still sitting with her knees crossed, facing the lake, as if staring at the dark lake in a daze.

At a certain moment, Xingzifang, which had been quietly watching the fireworks set off a few blocks next door, finally ushered in a fireworks display of its own.

I don’t know which wealthy family in Xingzifang set off this fireworks.

It was not far from Xingzi Lake and Chengtian Temple, and a "Whoosh!" sound exploded in the gray sky.

Colorful sparks are everywhere.

The light that bloomed at this moment illuminated a small half of Xingzifang very briefly.

It also includes the figures of the poor people in the Beitian Temple of Chengtian Temple.

The light of the fireworks finally illuminated the face of the slender girl in the southwest corner, even if it only took a breath.

I saw that she, who didn't want to watch fireworks or use lanterns tonight, had a sky-blue ribbon covering her eyes and going around the back of her head.

Judging from the color, it was the same ribbon that Ouyang Rong had seen at the door of Ah Qing's house. However, at that time, someone only saw it from the back...

The slender girl blindfolded by a ribbon has an abnormally pale face. Without the pair of eyes that resemble autumn water, the expression on her face looks a little blank.

Zhao Qingxiu remained motionless, facing the lake, which reflected the fireworks in the distant sky.

Her face was as dark and calm as the lake, without any ripples.

Because there are more important things than fireworks.

The slender fingers in Zhao Qingxiu's sleeves were holding a small seal.

It's the Red Lotus Sword Seal.

It can capture the sword energy of that tripod sword.

But now, Zhao Qingxiu was close to the lake, and the sword mark in her sleeve was a little hot.

She knew what the "star" was that fell into Xingzi Lake that day.

【craftsmanship】.
To be continued...